9 Do not be carried away with various and strange teachings;+ for it is fine for the heart to be given firmness* by undeserved kindness,+ not by eatables,+ by which those who occupy themselves with them have not been benefited.

9** Do not be swept along with miscellaneous peculiar doctrines; for it is a good thing that the heart be held firm by grace—not by foods, in which those who concern themselves with them did not get any benefit.